Minimum Rates of Wages – Meghalaya (October, 2026)

Meghalaya has revised its minimum wages, including VDA, from 1 October 2026.

• Notification: LE&SD.9/2023/Pt/33, Shillong, dated 8 October 2026, from the Department of Labour, Employment & Skill Development. It is signed by F.R. Kharkongor, IAS, Principal Secretary, and issued with the Finance (PR) Department’s concurrence (I/D No. F(PR)-86/2026 dated 16 September 2026).
• Scope: one state-wide rate for all employees doing skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled, manual, operational, supervisory, managerial, administrative, technical or clerical work for hire or reward. There are no zones or employment-wise schedules.
• Supersedes: Notification No. LE&SD.9/2023/Pt/26 dated 1 May 2026.
• Date of Applicability: 1st October, 2026
• Date of Notification: 8th October, 2026

The revised minimum wages is as follows:

Skill categories as per the notification defines them as follows:

1. Unskilled means an occupation which in its performance requires the application of simply the operating experience and involves no further skills.
2. Semi-skilled means an occupation which in its performance requires the application of skill gained by the experience on job which is capable of being applied under the supervision or guidance of a skilled employee and includes supervision over the unskilled occupations.
3. Skilled means an occupation which involves skill and competence in its performance through experience on the job or through training as an apprentice in a technical or vocational institute and the performance of which calls for initiating and judgement.
4. Highly skilled means an occupation which calls in its performance a specific level of perfection and required competence acquired through intensive technical or professional training or practical occupational experience for a considerable period and also requires of an employee to assume full responsibility for his judgement or decision involved in the execution of such occupation.

Key conditions in the notification:

• Working hours stay at 8 a day and 48 a week until further orders.
• The rates include pay for the weekly day of rest. Overtime is paid at double the ordinary rate.
• VDA is rounded up to the next rupee.
• The rates exclude any other concessions employees already enjoy.
• Rate/month has been calculated @26 days per month

Please find attached the official notification:

Meghalaya_-Revised-Minimum-Wages-Rates-effective-from-1st-October2026